School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)

Location:
Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Tomás Bineidh
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  1. Cures Human
    A Cure for a whooping cough
    Put a child under an ass three times and the child will be cured.
    A cure for hiccough
    Bless your self three times with your tongue.
    A cure for warts is to rub a snail on them
    A cure for burns is to cut a potato and rub it to them
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Hartigan
    Gender
    Male